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{{Infobox election
| election_name = 1996 United States Senate election in Massachusetts
| country = Massachusetts
| type = presidential
| ongoing = no
| previous_election = 1990 United States Senate election in Massachusetts
| previous_year = 1990
| next_election = 2002 United States Senate election in Massachusetts
| next_year = 2002
| election_date = November 5, 1996
| image_size = x150px
| image1 = JohnKerry (1).jpg
| nominee1 = '''[[John Kerry]]'''
| party1 = Democratic Party (United States)
| popular_vote1 = '''1,334,135'''
| percentage1 = '''52.74%'''
| image2 = File:William Weld 90s 2 (1).jpg
| nominee2 = [[Bill Weld]]
| party2 = Republican Party (United States)
| popular_vote2 = 1,143,120
| percentage2 = 45.17%
| map_image = 1996 United States Senate election in Massachusetts results map by county.svg
| map_size = 250px
| map_caption = County Results
| title = U.S. Senator
| before_election = [[John Kerry]]
| before_party = Democratic Party (United States)
| after_election = [[John Kerry]]
| after_party = Democratic Party (United States)
}}
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The '''1996 United States Senate election in Massachusetts''' took place on November 5, 1996. Incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator [[John Kerry]] won re-election to a third term over Republican [[Bill Weld]], the Governor of Massachusetts.

==General election==
===Candidates===
*Susan C. Gallagher	(Conservative)
* [[John Kerry]], incumbent U.S. Senator since 1985 (Democratic)
*Robert C. Stowe (Natural Law)
* [[Bill Weld]], [[Governor of Massachusetts]] (Republican)

===Campaign===
On November 29, 1995, incumbent Governor [[Bill Weld]] announced his candidacy for the Senate seat occupied by U.S. Senator [[John Kerry]] with a formal announcement on March 27, 1996. Kerry's previous two general election opponents in [[1984 United States Senate election in Massachusetts|1984]] and [[1990 United States Senate election in Massachusetts|1990]] had no prior experience in elected office.

At the federal level, Democrats controlled both of the state's U.S. Senate seats and eight of its ten U.S. House seats. No Republican had won a Senate election since [[Ed Brooke]] in [[1972 United States Senate election in Massachusetts|1972]]. In [[1994 United States Senate election in Massachusetts|1994]], incumbent Democrat [[Ted Kennedy]] won re-election against businessman [[Mitt Romney]] with 58% of the vote—a comfortable margin, but his lowest percentage of the vote since his first [[1962 United States Senate special election in Massachusetts|Senate election campaign in 1962]]. However, Weld, a fiscal conservative and social liberal, was a very popular governor; he had won reelection in [[1994 Massachusetts gubernatorial election|1994]] with over 70% of the vote in spite of the state's Democratic lean. Therefore, the general election was expected to be highly competitive. This was one of many competitive [[1996 United States Senate elections|U.S. Senate elections in 1996]].

The first debate between Weld and Kerry was held in [[Faneuil Hall]] on April 8, with a second debate held on June 3. A third debate was held at the Emerson Majestic Theater on July 2. The Weld and Kerry campaigns agreed to eight debates and a spending cap of $6.9 million negotiated at Senator Kerry's Beacon Hill home on August 7; Senator Kerry later mortgaged his house to raise funds in October. On the same day the spending cap was agreed upon, Governor Weld jumped into the [[Charles River]]. He later spoke at the [[1996 Republican National Convention]] on August 14 before debating Senator Kerry again on August 19. Senator Kerry spoke at the [[1996 Democratic National Convention]] and debated Governor Weld again on September 16.

==Results==
[[File: 1996 United States Senate election in Massachusetts results map by municipality.svg|thumb|right|200px|Results by municipality<br>'''Kerry''': {{legend|#7996e2|50–60%}} {{legend|#6674de|60–70%}}<br/>'''Weld''': {{legend|#ffb2b2|40–50%}} {{legend|#e27f7f|50–60%}}]]

{{Election box begin
| title =  1996 U.S. Senate election in Massachusetts<ref>{{cite web|url=http://electionstats.state.ma.us/elections/view/7116/|publisher=[[Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth|Massachusetts Elections Division]]|title=PD43+ >> 1996 U.S. Senate General Election|access-date=July 23, 2018}}</ref>}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link 
 | party = Democratic Party (United States)
 | candidate = [[John Kerry]] (incumbent)
 | votes = 1,334,345
 | percentage = 52.21%
 | change = {{decrease}}1.77
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
 | party = Republican Party (United States)
 | candidate = [[Bill Weld]]
 | votes = 1,142,837
 | percentage = 44.41%
 | change = {{increase}}4.22
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
 | party = Conservative Party (United States)
 | candidate = Susan C. Gallagher
 | votes = 70,013
 | percentage = 2.74%
 | change = N/A
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
 | party = Natural Law Party
 | candidate = Robert C. Stowe
 | votes = 7,176
 | percentage = 0.28%
 | change = N/A
}}
{{Election box write-in with party link
 | votes = 1,515
 | percentage = 0.06%
 | change = {{decrease}}0.01
}}
{{Election box total no change
 | votes = 2,555,886
 | percentage = 100.00%
}}
{{Election box end}}

== See also ==
* [[1996 United States presidential election]]
* [[1996 United States Senate elections]]

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

== External links==
* [http://www.issues2000.org/Kerry-Weld.htm Kerry-Weld debates of 1996]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20010123120600/http://www.time.com/time/international/1996/961007/senate.html "The Good Fight" by James Carney]
* Kranish, Michael, Brian C. Mooney, and Nina J. Easton. ''John F. Kerry: The Complete Biography by the'' Boston Globe ''Reporters Who Know Him Best'', PublicAffairs, 2004. {{ISBN|1-58648-273-4}}.

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